Dali Lama Advice That Makes You Go Hmmm
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by: AazdakAlisimo
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Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.
Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the me, and to see that the idea that there is a me which is distinct from things is a delusion that is true wisdom.
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
There is a saying in Tibetan, Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength. No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Just as we should cultivate gentle and peaceful relations with our fellow human beings, we should also extend that same kind of attitude towards the natural environment.
One who is caught in thought loses ones original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions, when he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.
It is easy to point out the mistakes of others, while it is hard to admit ones own mistakes. A man broadcasts the sins of others without thinking, but he hides his own sins as a gambler hides his extra dice.
When you think everything is someone elses fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.
Pride leads to violence and evil. The truly good gaze upon everything with love and understanding.
Dont try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whateveryoualreadyare.
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